Pitarresi: Penn State, Buffalo losses hurt

I took two bullets the last couple of days.

 

Southern Cal whipped Penn State in the Rose Bowl, and Buffalo lost to Connecticut in the International Bowl.

 

When I watched Penn State roll past Syracuse early this football season, I thought the Nittany Lions were the best team I’d seen at the Carrier Dome in six or seven years. And they did win the Big Ten championship. I knew they would have to play pretty much an error-free game to beat the Trojans, and they didn’t. Their penalties and turnovers made things a lot easier for a superior team that was at the top of its game.

 

I thought Buffalo would have a good shot against Connecticut, but the Huskies were stronger on defense than I realized and Donald Brown, a great back, had a great game. The Bulls took full advantage of the UConn’s errors in the first half, but their inability to run the ball and Drew Willy’s inability to thrown downfield until late in the game did them in. Still, they had a chance to close to within three points before than final, fatal interception in the end zone.

 

 Those two games were the ones I really cared about. Now, I’ll just hope Florida beats Oklahoma in the BCS Championship. Why? Just because I like Tim Tebow.